Perhaps,

[Paul Mackin]

It was grist for his mill. Resurrecting a bit of little remembered
communications history, recycling it as a mysterious secretive underground
alternative culture. It fit the temper of the times perfectly.

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> in thinking about the Trystero and Oedipa's
> quest and a changed historical text, we haven't given enough
> attention to why TRP chose an alternative mail
> delivery system in his book.
>
> I think it was a perfect way of saying what the
> wonder of US Mail delivery was--and had been--
> to unify the US with democratic communication..
> (now endangered, needing an alternative system)
>
> In his History of the US, Henry Adams wrote
> that in 1800 there could be seven--7--mail deliveries
> a day within Philly and NYC. 7!!
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/why-the-post-office-makes-america-great.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0
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